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Human rights

15 May 2015
Issue: 7652 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Breyer Group plc and others v Department of Energy and Climate Change [2015] EWCA Civ 408, [2015] All ER (D) 03 (May)

The Feed-In-Tariffs (FIT) scheme introduced by the defendant Department of Energy and Climate Change encouraged low-carbon generation of electricity by specified types of technology, including solar photovoltaic. The claimants complained that they had suffered substantial losses as a result of a proposed amendment to the FIT scheme, which was subsequently found by the courts to be unlawful. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed an appeal by the defendant and a cross-appeal by the claimants against the determination by a judge in the High Court of a number of preliminary issues.

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DWF—19 appointments

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